SUBJECT INDEX A Abraham, 85–87, 103, 135–36 Acts, book of, 28–31 Althaus, Paul, 124 Anabaptists, 180–81 Anglicans, 183 Articles of Religion (Methodist), 187 Augsburg Confession of 1530, 92–93, 175 Augustine, 14, 195 B baptism Augustine on, 195 in the book of Acts, 28–31 Calvin quotations on, 43, 191–93 candidates for, 70–71 church membership and, 106, 141 circumcision and, 38–39, 45–46, 66–67, 75–76, 85–87 congregational support in, 107–8 as covenantal, 64–72, 76–77, 78–79, 85, 99–100, 119–21, 149–50